Texas migrant deaths: Four more arrested in alleged human trafficking operation that left 53 dead
Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich discuss a need for stricter border security on ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum.’found abandoned last year inside a tractor-trailer in the scorching heat in San Antonio, Texas, federal prosecutors said Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of the shocking discovery.
The Justice Department said the suspects knew the trailer’s air-conditioning unit was malfunctioning and would not blow any cool air to the migrants inside. They were identified as Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 30; Felipe Orduna-Torres, 28; Luis Alberto Rivera-Leal, 37; and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, 53. "One year ago today, an unthinkable crime perpetrated by human smugglers at our southern border caused the death of 53 human beings," said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco."But today’s arrests demonstrate that those who seek to profit from desperation will be brought to justice."
Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies were discovered in tractor trailer in San Antonio. On Monday, federal prosecutors announced four more arrests. All four are charged with conspiracy to transport immigrants resulting in death, serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy. Each man faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted.Prosecutors said the men exchanged the names of
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